Slow Cooked Pulled Pork

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Pulled pork is not a common dish here in Australia, but I’d seen it on other blogs and wanted to give it a try. I do love my slow cooker, because it turns cheap cuts of meat into delicious meals. It also reduces the risk of over-cooking meat, something I’m still a bit prone to after being a vegetarian for most of my adult life.

I found this recipe online, which was made from scratch and I adapted the ingredients for things I usually have in the house. It calls for a shoulder roast (confusingly sometimes called a butt). I buy it boneless because that’s what is available, but I imagine it would work well on the bone as well. My roast came with the skin still attached, and this tends to get rubbery in the slow cooker, so I removed it and made pork crackling.

The pork comes out fall-apart succulent (hence the “pulled” part of the name). I like to serve it with grilled veggies, cheese, avocado and tomato salsa. I imagine it would be good with sour cream as well.

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Mine is a cheapie from Target and it does the job properly, but I can understand if you don’t want one cluttering up the kitchen. You should definitely borrow one though, they make cooking meat so easy!

This is definitely something I would consider – I’ll let my local op (thrift) shop owner know I’m on the look out. He’s great at sourcing whatever I want or need! And I’m great at giving him more and more stock to sell (bedside tables, canvas prints, clothes!)

Surprisingly, the last time we tried pulled pork, it didn’t fall apart like it should have. We cooked it in the slow cooker for the required amount of time, but it wasn’t enough. I don’t remember the cut of meat for sure, but I think we used a shoulder. Maybe it’s time to try again.

I know my slow cooker is “slower” than normal ones so does take longer. Maybe if you try it on a weekend when you’re home and can keep an eye on it while it’s cooking and aim for 10-12 hours. I guess also make sure there is fat attached, as this turns into a kind of gravy for the meat.

Thanks for stopping by Amie One of my friends went to the US this year and posted lots of photos of pulled pork sandwiches – they looked very yummy! It does make a lot, but you can mix it up but having it with rice, in sandwiches, with nachos etc. I’ve also managed to keep it in the fridge for up to a week and it’s been fine.

Just letting you know I made this, this weekend, in my old school crock pot on the stove, and it worked a treat. It makes so much (which makes the heartattack at the $32 price tag better). Made it with nachos, using your beans recipe too..

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